Introduction

If you make use of any resources on this page I would appreciate an
email saying that you are going to use my material (except Nottingham University students).

This Computer Science Course is run at the
University of Nottingham.
It looks at AI from a practical viewpoint and aims to develop algorithms
that can be implemented.
The course only briefly looks at philosophical aspects of the subject.

12th Feb 2001 :
Revision 1.01 has updated the document
to limit the time for each move to one minute of elapsed time (no other changes from original)

07/03/2001 The groups for the coursework have now been set up and the passwords issued.
I sent an EMAIL, which you should have all received, but you can get a copy of it
here.

Once your group has set up a date, time and location to play your games, you should EMAIL
this information to
Steven Gustafson
so that we can keep a track on the groups and we may also decide to come and watch!!

For anybody that is interested, I have made previous years coursework available.
The assignments are available in PDF and Word 97 and are zipp'ed.

Previous Exam Papers

Below I have supplied past exam papers, together with the answers.
Please note, as I have said in the lectures (and why I was originally reluctant to publish these
papers), the answers are NOT model answers. The aim of the answers is to allow an internal/external examiner
to see that the exam is fair, the exam covers the range of topics that are included in the module and to judge if each question
will take about 30 minutes.

Also, note that some of the questions in these papers may differ slightly from the paper
that was sat by the students. This is due to changes being incorportaed, as suggested by the
internal and external examiner.

With all these provisos (and maybe against my better judgement) the previous exam papers are below.

Third Year Projects

If you are interested in doing a third year project on an AI topic then take a
look at this page. It shows the third
year projects that are underway and also some suggestions for future projects.
But, you are welcome to come up with your own ideas. If you have any suggestions then come and see me
or EMAIL me to make an appointment.
But, please do not accept this as an invitation that I will supervise you. There are many other
factors to consider.